Neuro shelf

[P0ke]

what's the best way to prepare for the neuro shelf?

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[Ismet]

Blueprints Neuro and UWorld. Really all you need.

There's a whole Clinical Rotations subforum here: https://forums.studentdoctor.net/forums/clinical-rotations.19/
And there's a thread discussing the neurology shelf on the front page of that subforum.

 

[P0ke]

Blueprints Neuro and UWorld. Really all you need.

There's a whole Clinical Rotations subforum here: https://forums.studentdoctor.net/forums/clinical-rotations.19/
And there's a thread discussing the neurology shelf on the front page of that subforum.

Sorry I meant the preclinical neuroscience shelf

 

[jqueb29]

Sorry I meant the preclinical neuroscience shelf

If you mean NBME for your neuro class, I just reviewed all our lecture material from class. First Aid is good too, but there can definitely be stuff on your test that wasn't in First Aid since your professors select which questions they want to use.

 

[P0ke]

If you mean NBME for your neuro class, I just reviewed all our lecture material from class. First Aid is good too, but there can definitely be stuff on your test that wasn't in First Aid since your professors select which questions they want to use.

What? The professors pick which questions appear on the NBME shelf? I thought it was standardized so everyone at different med schools had the same test.

 

[jqueb29]

What? The professors pick which questions appear on the NBME shelf? I thought it was standardized so everyone at different med schools had the same test.

The questions are standardized questions written by NBME, but your test won't be exactly the same as another schools. NBME will provide schools a pool of standardized questions, but each school picks which specific questions out of that pool to use. In other words, let's say NBME sends a pool of 500 standardized questions to School A and School B, but School A picks 100 questions from that pool that are different than the questions from the pool that School B chooses to use. The results between the 2 schools can't really be directly compared, but NBME sends specific standardized data in regards to each question. For instance, with the questions my school selected for our Neuro final from the pool of NBME questions, standardized results for each question added up to where a student whose performance was in line with the national average on those specific questions would score a 78%. But using different questions, a score in line with the standardized average might be higher or lower. You're not going to be able to compare school-versus-school unless it's 2 schools who chose the exact same questions, but you can compare school-versus-national average for the questions chosen by that school.

 

[P0ke]

The questions are standardized questions written by NBME, but your test won't be exactly the same as another schools. NBME will provide schools a pool of standardized questions, but each school picks which specific questions out of that pool to use. In other words, let's say NBME sends a pool of 500 standardized questions to School A and School B, but School A picks 100 questions from that pool that are different than the questions from the pool that School B chooses to use. The results between the 2 schools can't really be directly compared, but NBME sends specific standardized data in regards to each question. For instance, with the questions my school selected for our Neuro final from the pool of NBME questions, standardized results for each question added up to where a student whose performance was in line with the national average on those specific questions would score a 78%. But using different questions, a score in line with the standardized average might be higher or lower. You're not going to be able to compare school-versus-school unless it's 2 schools who chose the exact same questions, but you can compare school-versus-national average for the questions chosen by that school.

Hmm I had no idea... Is it this way just for neuroscience, or all other shelves as well?

 

[jqueb29]

Hmm I had no idea... Is it this way just for neuroscience, or all other shelves as well?

All other NBME shelfs during your preclinical years. I have no idea if it's the same for clinical shelfs though.

 

[Ismet]

All other NBME shelfs during your preclinical years. I have no idea if it's the same for clinical shelfs though.

It can be. My school has a rotation that is adult and pediatric ambulatory medicine. The course director designs the shelf based on pools of IM, peds, FM, and gyn topics that best represent what we were exposed to in clinics and lectures.